City had been tracking the 16-year-old midfielder after he impressed in a youth team game that saw Chelsea running out 2-0 winners.

Hunte has already played three times for the England Under-17 team and has been tipped as one of the brightest prospects in the game.

He was called up for the first time at the start of the 2011-12 campaign when he was picked for the England Under-16s squad to face Northern Ireland but is already progressing quickly through the ranks.